M168 (20 mm)

Description

The 20 mm M168 is a ground version of the M61 family of 20 mm (0.787-in) calibre rotary weapons systems, In the game, it is only installed on the M163 in a Vulcan Air Defence System (VADS) mounting.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• M163
• Hovet
• Machbet

General info

Fitting as a variant of the M61 Vulcan, the M168 retains the weapon's notable high rate of fire for an anti-aircraft role. The high rate of fire of the weapon ensures that in the event of a hit, multiple rounds can potentially hit and either cripple or destroy the air asset.

Available shells

Not all ammunition listed is available on all vehicles equipped with this weapon.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of Warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
M53	AP-I	53	50	39	28	20	14
M246A1	HEI-T*	2	2	1.5	1	0.5	0
M56A3	HEF-I	2	2	1.5	1	0.5	0

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of Warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Tracer	Normalisation at 30° from horizontal	Ricochet
									0%	50%	100%
M53	AP-I	1,030	0.147	N/A	N/A	N/A	X	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°
M246A1	HEI-T*	1,030	0.101	0.3	0.1	0.0096	✓	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°
M56A3	HEF-I	1,030	0.102	0.3	0.1	0.0128	X	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°	?.?°

Ammunition Belts

• Default: AP-I / HEI-T* / AP-I
• HEI-T: HEI-T* / HEI-T* / HEI-T* / AP-I
• AP-I: AP-I / AP-I / AP-I / HEI-T*

Comparison with analogues

In the game, very few other anti-aircraft armament can match the fire rate of the M168 as the others consist of multiple single-barreled armaments on a vehicle mount rather than a rotary cannon design.

That said, one of the few weapons that is close to the M168's rate of fire and lethality is the 23 mm AZP-23 on the ZSU-23-4 SPAAG, which altogether with four cannons can reach a rather high rate of fire.

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See also

• M61 (20 mm)
• JM61A1 (20 mm)

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Britain and USA anti-aircraft guns
7.92 mm	BESA
12.7 mm	M2HB
20 mm	GAI C01 · M168 · Oerlikon Mk.II · Polsten
25 mm	GAU-12U
30 mm	HSS 831L
35 mm	GA-35
37 mm	M1A2
40 mm	Bofors L/60 · Dual Automatic Gun M2 · M266
	Foreign:
23 mm	ZU-23 (USSR)
35 mm	Oerlikon KDA (Swiss)